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elater

[ el-uh-ter ]

noun

  1. Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
  2. Zoology. elaterid.
  3. Obsolete. elasticity.


elater

/ ˈɛ±ôÉ™³ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. an elaterid beetle
  2. botany a spirally thickened filament, occurring in liverwort capsules and horsetails, thought to aid dispersal of spores
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

elater

/ Ä•±ô′ə-³ÙÉ™°ù /

  1. A tiny elongated structure that helps disperse plant spores by coiling and uncoiling in response to changes in humidity. The elaters of horsetails are bands attached to the spore wall, while those of liverworts are sterile cells occurring among the spores.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of elater1

1645–55; < New Latin < Greek ±ð±ô²¹³Ùḗr driver, equivalent to ela- (stem of ±ð±ô²¹Ãº²Ô±ð¾±²Ô to drive; elastic ) + -³Ùŧ°ù noun suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of elater1

C17: via New Latin from Greek: driver, from elaunein to beat, drive; compare elastic
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Kelsay Shaw said Possibility Place has “all the creepy-crawlies†such as eyed elater click beetles, over 100 species of caterpillars, as well as butterflies and moths.

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Their motion is driven by four moisture-sensitive legs, or elaters, which curl when the moisture level changes.

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Their motion is driven by four moisture-sensitive legs, or elaters, which change shape when the moisture level changes - curling and uncurling to power the spores' insect-like walk or causing them to spring from the ground.

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Two elaters and some spores from the same, highly magnified.

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Furthermore, the spirals may be smooth or spinulose the elater uniform throughout or enlarged betimes by nodes and swellings.

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